Researchers for the first time have created a three-dimensional image of apolipoprotein E, a protein long associated with cardiovascular disease and more recently with Alzheimer's disease, as it appears when it is bound to fat-like substances known as lipids.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget includes funding that, when combined with other University revenue sources, will fund an average 4 percent increase in employee compensation in 2006-07, subject to collective bargaining requirements.
Some HIV medications lead to the development of drug-resistant HIV when patients take as few as two percent of their medications. For other medications, resistance occurs only when patients take most of their pills.
The campus community is invited to a ceremony on January 17 awarding a faculty member, staff member and student for their leadership advancing diversity at UCSF.